ABSTRACT

Nowadays, in many territories of Western Europe it is difficult to conserve earthen constructions with adapted techniques and materials, as the know-how is rarely present and the economic logics of construction have evolved from local to industrial solutions. In a global and connected world where local action is more than ever necessary, we shall find inspiration in successful cases. We will put in contact two territories in Western Europe: the Campiña Segoviana in Spain, where earthen vernacular heritage is generally suffering from bad conservation practices, and Isère, in France, were we can find many actors gradually improving the conservation of earthen constructions. We will focus in some examples of how professionals and practitioners are in the core of this positive evolution.